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Putri name meaning

“princess; daughter”

Letters
5
Syllables
2
First letter
P
Origin
Sanskrit
Category
Malay Names
Gender
♀ Girl
Peak 2010s: 3.1%
of the girl top-10 total
JPN Malay table, 1940s–2010s. JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)
Decadegirl
1940s–
1950s–
1960s–
1970s–
1980s–
1990s–
2000s–
2010s3.1%

Malay Names: PMeaning royaltySanskrit origin

Putri is a girl's name, a variant spelling of Puteri from Sanskrit, meaning 'princess; daughter'.

What does Putri mean?

Princess; daughter

In Malay: puteri; anak perempuan

#Royalty

Sources (1)

About the name Putri

Putri is the Indonesian spelling of puteri, from Sanskrit putrī. In Malaysia the standard spelling is Puteri, though Putri is also used as a name. According to JPN, it peaked in the 2010s with 1,042 baby girls.

Gender♀ Girl
OriginSanskrit
SyllablesPut-ri
First letterMalay Names starting with P

Putri in official JPN data

1940s
not in the top 10
1950s
not in the top 10
1960s
not in the top 10
1970s
not in the top 10
1980s
not in the top 10
1990s
not in the top 10
2000s
not in the top 10
2010s
Girl: 1,042 · 3.1%
People registered with Putri as their first name (as published by JPN), by decade of birth, for the decades in which it was in the top 10 for its sex in the JPN Malay table. Bar length shows the name’s share of that decade’s top-10 total for the sex (the percentage after the count), because those totals differ between decades. Source: JPN via data.gov.my (CC BY 4.0)

Compound names with Putri

Sources

  1. Wiktionary: puteri · en.wiktionary.org · meaning

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